Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti, who is serving time in Georgia, has been awarded the European Union's highest human rights award, the Sakharov Prize. She also received the same honor from Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut. The €50,000 prize will be presented in absentia to the laureates in Strasbourg on December 16.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope for the rapid opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. This statement was made at the 5th Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi. Pashinyan emphasized that the positive dialogue with Turkey inspires optimism.

The Regional Control Center (RCC) of Ingushetia reported the spread of a fake news story on social media, allegedly showing the "desecration of Ossetian graves" in the village of Plievo in the Nazran District.

On the morning of October 22, Makhachkala was attacked by two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to sources, one of the drones exploded over an industrial zone, causing shrapnel damage to vehicles. The second UAV struck a shopping center under construction.